I didnt fight it, because

1) I didn't want to go to court and waste my time
2) I didn't think it was worth it because the insurance is gonna shoot up anyway
3) I just wanted to get it over with

Kinda lousy excuses , but I don't plan on speeding much anymore.

 

Well that sure don't sound like much fun!

 

My son said the same thing- but I dragged him over to the courthouse anyway. He did traffic school, ticket was thrown out, driving record's still clean. It didn't affect his insurance, since the ticket, technically, never existed once he fullfilled his part of the bargain. That's the real cost of a speeding ticket- insurance for young guys is already nutz.

 

Actually, my insurance is pretty good for a youngster. I got a lot of discounts for being a good student, and stuff like that.

Well, it was pretty low...

 

You should've at least gone to court.. you probably would've gotten PBJ and a driving class. Thats what i got.. after a little less than 6 months of having my license - i don't speed much anymore.. until that year of pbj is up that is

 

I just didn't want to whole hassle of going to court. I probably should have,but I'd probably have to miss school and my teachers would know that I had to go to court. Now, I'm keeping it low and hoping not to draw attention to myself.

 

Yeah, the beautiful dumb Texas restrictions. No more than one non-family member in the car and no driving between midnight and 5 a.m. unless work requires it. Stupid, runs for six months like that, studies show it doesn't help driving really. I've busted my restrictions more times than I can count. Every day actually now that I think about it. As long as you play it safe though, well yeah...
I get to high school by going from my house onto TX HW78, to HW544, which leads right there, about 4 miles max. Cops ALWAYS set up speed traps around there. And behind the school, the long straight flat back road that is topped out at 20, tickets like mad every day. Insane...

 

no driving between midnight and 5 a.m. unless work requires it

Oregon has something similiar. Care to guess what time period most teen traffic fatalities occur?

 

haha if it's anything like here, the banned times. The 13th they go bye bye, countin' down the days!

 

Wisconsin has that law too. Only 1 non-family member, can't drive between 12 and 5 am or something like that, and a few other little thorns in the butt. I broke every single one without getting caught but every now and then someone gets busted for having too many non-families in the car.

 

Hmm...mayber between 12 and 5?
In PA it's 11 - 5 which really stinks because I gotta bug rides off my buddies if I want to stay out past 1030, which isn't really that late at all. The real bad thing is, it lasts till you're 18, so I got another 6 months. You'd think I get used to it after a year...but I'm just counting down the days until I'm allowed to have a good time at night, not causing any trouble, and come home when I feel like it because I'm a safe driver(compared to others out late at night).

 

Oddly enough, that's also the timeframe most traffic deaths involving alchohol and/or drugs occur. Gee, what a surprise. My perspective here is a little different- I'm a dad, and have two teens coming up on licences soon.

1. I'm not sure how I feel about restricted licences. I do know that the magic "16" doesn't necessarily guarantee a kid is ready for a licence. Our oldest waited until he was 17. He wasn't ready....he knew it, we knew it.

2. Driving between the hours of midnight and the wee hours is a hazard- and it has nothing to do with what you're doing. My old rule-of-thumb at 2:00AM was that there were generally only two types of drivers on the road- the police, and the drunks. If the other car didn't have lights on it... assume the worst.

3. Teens- and let's be honest here, have a tendency to multi-task when they drive. Add a few extra passengers to the car, and the problem gets worse. There are cell phones to answer, CD's to change, yada yada. And hey, check out the power in this thing since I did the (fill in the blank) mod. That mom in the mini-van is just as dangerous- but odds are she's not going 60 in a 25.

My own .02

 

Polar, i totally agree on 3. Im still a teen..kinda (19yr). I remember I was tryin to build the loudest sound system. I'd get friends in the truck and be like 'get ready!' then just crank the volume all the way up. For some reason, friends + loud system = me driving less responsibly.. haha . I guess we want to show off to our friends, right?

 

The scariest part of being a parent is remembering that we were there not long ago ourselves. My wife and kids still tell me to turn the stereo down.

growing old is mandatory,
growing up is not

 

I'll remember that when Im old